Lost Dogs

The TV series Lost is one of the few mind blowing and outstanding shows with perfectly layered writing. Lost ended with six season in total. It features many themes that seem to always be changing, leaving the watcher always on edge. Lost was a very expensive show to produce. The pilot alone cost $10 million dollars to create, ending the first season at a total of $50 million dollars. 23.47 million viewers tuned in for the premier of season 2. Lost started off with cast members raking in…

Budweiser’s 2015 ‘Lost Dog’ Super Bowl Commercial Found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWeKtqWc2EA. The commercial took us through many vicissitudes. The reason I choose this commercial is that it is one of the few commercials that takes you through emotional difficulties. The true complexity of this advertisement brings us to a state of being to where we can all relate. The travesty of the dog running away takes the viewers heart and then brings them some joy when the dog is safely…

The Electrifying Scorpio Races The folklore surrounding the mysterious water horse myth has always captured my fascination. Maggie Stiefvater 's The Scorpio Races takes this exceedingly ancient folktale and beguiles audience 's with her own unique retelling. There are decidedly few authors that can write in such a way that not only makes readers envision the setting, but she transports us there. Stiefvater 's opening of The Scorpio Races is both thrilling, and yet haunting with the declaration…

Have you ever been terrified by a beast that might be yourself? In the book Lord of the Flies there are a group of boys that are on an island and they had to evacuate from their school because there was a war going on. Their plane ended up crashing at this island and now they are stuck there. The boys started to hear things at night and see things at night and they thought that there was a beast around. The boys all thought different things about the beast; they thought there was a snake thing,…

On "Landscape with the fall of Icarus" "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" is inspired by the Bruegel painting which is based on the Greek myth of the tragedy of "Icarus." Icarus is the son of Daedalus; Icarus flew from prison with the fragile wings that his father had made for him. Icarus didn't care about his father warning to keep a middle course over the sea and avoid flying too close to the sun; the boy flew with joy too close to the burning sun, so his wings got melted and the poor…

Evil is profoundly immoral and malevolent, mankind means human beings considered collectively; the human race. Lord of the Flies starts when a plane crashes on to an island, only leaving about 25 English boys, ranging from ages five to twelve. The boys struggle to form a civilization. The evil that is naturally in mankind stops them from forming a peaceful society, many things go wrong because of disagreements between the boys. The evil present in mankind is one of the main themes in William…

In Lord of the Flies, there has been a plane crash and boys are left stranded on an island in search for help. Theses boys must create their own society and have it be successful if they want to survive. The author uses language regarding the weather on the island to symbolize the changes in the character’s attitudes and the underlying tension that builds throughout the book. Throughout the book the weather progresses from light to dark and then to light again. The changes in weather and the…

Contemporary TV: This Is Us This Is Us is a new NBC show that premiered on the 20th of September of this year and International Business Times reporter, Caitlyn Hitt, summarizes the beginning of the first episode with, “It centers around five people — one couple, two siblings and a big wig trying to discover his roots [who all happen to be celebrating their 36th birthday]”(Hitt). This Is Us fits into Jason Mittell’s definition of “narrative complexity” through its unique use of operational…

A group of the boys were designated to tend to the flames to signal any potential saviours, yet they ignored this order completely and ultimately lost an opportunity to be rescued. “‘ I was chief, and you were going to do what I said. You talk. But you can’t even build huts - then you go off hunting and let out the fire-’ He turned away, silent for a moment. Then his voice came again on a peak of…

Jack uses the head to help his littluns not to frighten to it. Equally important, the pig’s head is circumambulated by flies illuminating that for sacrificing to the beast and this situation becomes the name of the story. This quote expounds that Ralph feels guilty that the innocent boy dies because of him. He mentions about God and he thinks that God can help him to go back home safely and can pass through this bad situation. Additionally, Piggy and Ralph also are caught that they did the…